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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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