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’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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