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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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