Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown