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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown