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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In 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