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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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