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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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