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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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