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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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