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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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