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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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