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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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