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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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