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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

