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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

