Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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