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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
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...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

