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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor 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