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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

