Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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