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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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