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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown