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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building 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...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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