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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

