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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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