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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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