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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

