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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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