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