Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until 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...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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