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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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