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...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

