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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

