Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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