Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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