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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

