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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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