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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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