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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
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...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

