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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston