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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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