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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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