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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
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...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

