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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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