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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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