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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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