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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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