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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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