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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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