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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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