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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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