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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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