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 Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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