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