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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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