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...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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