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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

