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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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