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