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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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