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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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