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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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