As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

