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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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