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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown