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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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