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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
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
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

