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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

