This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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