The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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