The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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