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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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