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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

