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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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