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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City