World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Twin Cities Area
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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