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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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