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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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