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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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