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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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