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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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