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