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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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