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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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