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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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