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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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