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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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