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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

