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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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