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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
