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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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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
Old Brewery In Preston