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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
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...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

