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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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