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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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