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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

