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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

