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