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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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