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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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