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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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