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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

