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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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