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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

