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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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