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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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