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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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