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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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