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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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