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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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