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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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