Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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