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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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