The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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