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...
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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