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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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