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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

