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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

