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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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