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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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