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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

