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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor 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