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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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