The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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