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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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