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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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