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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
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...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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