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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

