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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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