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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

