Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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