In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
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...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

