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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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