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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

