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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

