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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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
