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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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