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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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