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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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