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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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