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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

