Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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