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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital 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
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