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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

