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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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