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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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