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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

