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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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