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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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