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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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