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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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