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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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