The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Twin Cities Area
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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