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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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