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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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