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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston