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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In 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