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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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