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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown