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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston