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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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