Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Twin Cities Area
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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