Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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