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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
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...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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