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