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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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