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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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