World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Twin Cities Area
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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