World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Twin Cities Area
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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