This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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