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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

