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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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