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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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