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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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