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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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