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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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