Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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