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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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