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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St 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...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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