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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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