Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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