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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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