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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

