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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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