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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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