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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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