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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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