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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

