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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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