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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

