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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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