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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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