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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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