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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

