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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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