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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston