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