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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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