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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

