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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston