Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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