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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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