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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown