The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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