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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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