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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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