World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Twin Cities Area
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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