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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

