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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown