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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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