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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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