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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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