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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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