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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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