The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Twin Cities Area
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

