The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

