Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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