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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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