In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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