Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston