Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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