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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House 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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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