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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

