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