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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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