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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

