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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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