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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor 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