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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

