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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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