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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

