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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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