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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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