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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
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...
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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