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