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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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