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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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