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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

