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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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