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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

