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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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