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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

