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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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