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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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