Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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