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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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