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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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