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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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