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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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