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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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