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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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