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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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