As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

