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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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