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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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