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