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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

