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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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