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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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