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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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