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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown