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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

