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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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