As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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