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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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