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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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