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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
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...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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