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 Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

