World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Twin Cities Area
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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