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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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