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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

