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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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