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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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