This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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