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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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