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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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