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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

