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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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