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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

