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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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