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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

