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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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