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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

