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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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