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