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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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