The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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