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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
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...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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