This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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