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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

