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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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