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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

