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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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