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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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