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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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