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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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