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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

