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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor 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