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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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