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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

