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...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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