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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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