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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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