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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston