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...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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