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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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