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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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