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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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