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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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