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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

