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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City