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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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