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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

