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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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