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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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