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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown