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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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