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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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