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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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