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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

