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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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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