Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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