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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

