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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
Old Brewery In Preston