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