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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

