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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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