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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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