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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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