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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

