This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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