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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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