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...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

