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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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