This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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