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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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