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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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