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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown