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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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