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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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