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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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