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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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