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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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