Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston