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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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