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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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