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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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