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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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