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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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