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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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