Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion 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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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