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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

