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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown