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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

