Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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