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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
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...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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