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