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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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