The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace 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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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