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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown