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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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