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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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