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...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

