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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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