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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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