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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

