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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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