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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

