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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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