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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

