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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston