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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

