As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

