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