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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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