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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

