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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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