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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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