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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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