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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown