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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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