Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
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
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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