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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital 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