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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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 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
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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