This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston