As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

