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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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