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

