In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

