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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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