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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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