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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

