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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
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...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown