Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
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...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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