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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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