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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

