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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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