Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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