The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul