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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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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