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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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