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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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