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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

