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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

