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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
Old Brewery In Preston