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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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