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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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