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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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