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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

