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