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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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