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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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