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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

