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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown