Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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