Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
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...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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