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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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