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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul