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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...

