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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

