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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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