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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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