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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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