Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City