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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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