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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

