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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

