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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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