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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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