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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

