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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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