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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown