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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

