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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital 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