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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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