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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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