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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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