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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City