In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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