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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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