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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
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...
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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