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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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