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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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