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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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