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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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