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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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