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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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