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...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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