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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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