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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

