Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston