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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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