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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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