In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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