Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor 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