This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Twin Cities Area
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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