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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

