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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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