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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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