In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

