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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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