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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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