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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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