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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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