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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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