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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

