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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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