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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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