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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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