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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston