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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
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...
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...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston