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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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