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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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