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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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