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