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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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