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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

