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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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