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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

