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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

