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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
