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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown