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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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