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