As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

