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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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