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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

