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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

