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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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
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