In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
