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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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