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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
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...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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