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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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