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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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