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