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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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