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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul