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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston