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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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