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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown