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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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