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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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