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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

