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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

