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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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