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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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