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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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