Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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