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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

