Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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