Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Twin Cities Area
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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