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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown